Damage reported from severe Ontario storms amid dangerous heat and humidity
Wednesday's extreme heat and humidity were prime thunderstorm ingredients, just waiting for the right trigger.
With much of Ontario baking in extreme levels of heat and humidity once again, the atmosphere was ripe with storm risk Wednesday, with the first loud rumbles beginning across the southwest as early as the predawn hours.
A second round of storms sparked up throughout the afternoon, and with all the moisture and instability in the air, some of those storms were violent enough to feature very strong winds.
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Multiple reports of damage to structures and trees had come in by the early evening, with more than 15,000 power outages reported by Hydro One.
Other rounds of storms continued through the overnight, such that there were still severe thunderstorm warnings in effect for parts of the southwest in the morning hours, not completely dropping until 9 a.m.
Below is a selection of how the skies looked as the storms passed, along with some of the damage they left behind.
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